Editorial: US must come to the rescue of health providers

2020-03-27

There is no question that health providers are the front-line heroes of the coronavirus pandemic. The integrity, selflessness and sheer bravery needed to deliver care in the midst of a highly infectious disease with no proven treatment or cure is awe-inspiring.So why then are we allowing them to further jeopardize themselves by shorting them on the equipment they so desperately need? In the richest nation in the world, why are we asking people to break out sewing machines to make masks that may or may not suffice? Why are we forcing doctors to split ventilators, reuse masks and jeopardize thei…